Astronomers propose that an ultra-dense clump of exotic dark matter could be masquerading as the powerful object thought to ...
On a clear night, the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy look like close neighbors. In space, they really are.
Astronomers have spent decades hunting for dark matter by looking for light that isn’t ...
They slip through your skin, your walls, and the whole Earth without leaving a mark. Neutrinos earn the nickname “ghost ...
Most of the universe is slipping away from the Milky Way, carried outward as space itself expands. Yet one giant neighbor is bucking the trend, racing straight at us while almost every other major ...
A groundbreaking new radio image reveals the Milky Way in more detail than ever before, using low-frequency radio “colors” to map the galaxy’s hidden structures. The image is sharper, deeper, and ...
Our Milky Way galaxy may not have a supermassive black hole at its center but rather an enormous clump of mysterious dark ...
New radio observations of the Milky Way are exposing hidden patterns in its magnetic field. People have scanned the night sky ...
Computer simulations carried out by astronomers from the University of Groningen in collaboration with researchers from ...
Massive stars have an outsized influence on their environment and the galaxies they call home. These behemoths have the ...
A vast, flat sheet of dark matter may solve the long-standing mystery of why our neighboring galaxy Andromeda is speeding ...